South Carolina declared a federal disaster area, IRS tax relief

October 6, 2015

We have received the following communication from the IRS regarding the South Carolina disaster flooding event for October 2015.

Following the recent disaster declaration for individual assistance issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS announced today that affected taxpayers in South Carolina will receive tax relief.

The President has declared Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, and Williamsburg counties a federal disaster area. Individuals who reside or have a business in these counties may qualify for tax relief. One important form of relief is the extension of the October 15^th filing deadline.  Please study the webpage below for details.

Now that certain counties have been identified in the declaration of disaster areas by the President and FEMA has been notified to provide assistance, the Secretary of the Treasury has authorized specific relief become available to taxpayers affected by the storm.  Instead of providing the webpage in document form, I am providing the link to the page on IRS.gov.  This is the best way to keep informed as updates will be made to the public here.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Relief-for-Victims-of-Severe-Storms-and-Flooding-in-South-Carolina  (If you have trouble linking to this, copy and paste this into your browser.)

We. will post updates as they become available.

As always, please contact Tax On Wheels, LLC at 803 732-4288 if you need assistance with this or any tax issue.